Cowboy Beans

Cowboy beans, also called chuckwagon beans, is a bean dish of pinto or black-eyed beans and ground beef in a sweet and tangy sauce, similar in flavor to baked beans with a Northern American variation. It is associated with the American Southwest, though how the dish got its name or exactly where it originated is unclear; the modern recipe, built around canned beans, ketchup and barbecue sauce, differs considerably from what nineteenth-century ranch hands would actually have eaten. A typical version combines beans with ground beef, onion powder, black pepper, ketchup, barbecue sauce, brown sugar, milk and flour, and the dish can be served stewed or baked depending on the recipe. A related dish called calico beans uses several bean varieties and takes its name from its resemblance to a calico cat's coat. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/